Silverleaf Whitefly. 1997 Supplement to the Five-Year National Research andAction Plan (Formerly Sweetpotato Whitefly, Strain B). Progress Review, Technology Transfer, and New Research and Action Plan (1997-2001), Annual Review (5th). Held in San Diego, C

摘要

This doucment summarizes the accomplishments resulting from the first 5-yearNational Research and Action Plan for Sweetpotato Whitefly (sweetpotato whitefly Strain B = silverleaf whitefly), (U.S. Department of Agriculture Publication, Agricultural Research Service, ARS-107, June 1992). It also describes mechanisms for current and future technology transfer and outlines future research priority goals for the years 1997-2001. The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), Strain B was redescribed in 1994 as B. argentifolii Bellows and Perring with a suggested common name of silverleaf whitefly. Internationally, the nomenclature validity for B. argentifolii remains controversial. However, the seriousness of B. tabaci Strain B as an international agricultural pest is without question. Silverleaf whitefly has not been formally accepted as a common name by the Entomological Society of America's committee on common names of insects.